Shoe



Patented June 3, 1924.

sTATEs HENRY- 13'. WATSON, OF GA K I'ARK, ILLINOIS.

SHOE.

Application fiiea inne 20, 1823. serial no. 848,494.

To aZ 107mm z't may 0001081122,:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. VA'rsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oak Park7 in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoes, and has for its object to provide a new and improved devi'ce of this description. One of the objects of the invention is to provide a shoe which may be easily and quickly laced and unlaced. Another object of the invention is to provide lacing means which will not interfere with the wearing apparel of the user. The inven'tion has other objects which are more particularly pointed out in the following description.

Referring. now to the aocompanying drawf ings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of shoe embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view on line 2-2 of 'Figure 1, with parts omitted;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Figure 1, with parts omitted;

Figure 4 is an enlarged view as seen underneath of the part of the lacing portion of the shoe;

Figure 5 is an enlarged front View of the lacing portion shown in perspective.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

Referring now to the drawings, I have shown a shoe 1 which may be of any of the ordinary types. The shoe is split down the front to provide opposed edges 2. Attached to the inner face of the shoe and i projecting beyond these edges are the pieces 3. Fastened to the outer face of these edges are the pieces 4, which preferably have projecting parts 5 which project past the edges 2 so as to engage the pieces 3. The pieces 3 and 4 are attached to the body of the shoe in any desired manner, preferably by sewing. Connected with the edges 2 of the shoe are a series of eyelets 6. The projection 5 is cut away opposite these eyelets, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to not interfere with the lace. Openings 7 are formed in the pieces 3 opposite these eyelets. It will thus be seen that the pieces 3 and 4 cover up and completely .hide the eyelets. The eyelets are preferably of the kind that require the lace to be threaded therethrough. In putting in the lace 8 the piece LI may be bent up out of the way and the lace threaded through the eyelet 6. The end 9 may then be pushed through the hole 7 in the piece 3 and brought back, as shown in 'Figure 2, and then brought across and run through the opposite eyelet in the same way, and this process continued until the shoe lace is threaded through all the eyelets. The pieces 3 prevent the eyelets from pressing against the foot and may take the place of a tongue. The tongue, however, may be used if desired. It will thus be seen that the holes 7 in the parts 3 are simplyto facilitate threading the lace through the eyelets. VVhen the shoe is taken off, the lace is preferably not unlaced but just loosened, and when the shoe is put on all that is necessary is to take hold of the two ends of the lace and pull upon them so as to tighten the lace as desired and then fasten it, either by tying in the usual way or in any other way. It

will thus be seen that I have here providedV a shoe that can be easily and quickly laced or unlaced by simply loosening or pulling upon the lace. It will further be seen that I have here a shoe where the eyelets are completely covered so as to not interfere with the garments of the user of the shoe, and also to be out of sight.

I have described in particular the embodied invention, but it is of course evident that the parts may be varied in many particulars without departing from the spirit of the invention as embodied in the claims hereto appended, and I therefore will not limit myself to the particular construction shown.

I claim:

1. A shoe comprising a body portion having opposed split edges, pieces connected with the inner face of the shoe and projecting beyond said edges, covering pieces connected with the outer face of the shoe and projecting beyond said edges, eyelets fastened to the opposed edges of the shoe and covered by said covering pieces, the lace adapted to pass through said eyelets.

2. A shoe comprising a body portion having opposed split edges, pieces connected with the inner face of the shoe and projecting beyond said edges, covering pieces connected `with the outer face of the shoe and projecting beyond said edges, the pieces on the inner face of the shoe projecting farther than the covering pieces, eyelets fastened to the opposed edges of the shoe and covered by said covering pieces, the lace adapted to pass through said eyelets.

3. A'shoe comprising a body portion having opposed split edges, pieces connected With the inner face of the shoe and projecting beyond said edges, coverng picces connected with the outer face of the shoe and projecting beyond said edges, eyelets fastened to the opposed edges of the shoe and covered by said covering' pieces, the lace adapted to pasa through said eyelets, the pieces on the inner face of the shoe being provided With openings opposite said eyelets to facilitate the threading of the lace therethrough.

4B. A shoe comprising a body port-ion having opposed split edges, separate piec'es connected With the inner face of said shoe and projecting` beyond said edges, eyelets con- 20 nected With Said edges and projecting beyond them, covering pieces connected With the outer face of said shoe and covering said eyelets, the llace adapted to be threaded through said eyelets.

5. A shoe comprising a. body portion having opposed Split edges, separate pieces connected with the inner face of said shoe and projecting' beyond said edges, eyelets connected With said edges and projecting` beyond them, covering pieoes connected With the outer face of said shoe and covering said eyelets, the lace adapted to be threaded through said eyelets, said covering pieces having projecting' parts which project down past the opposed edges of the shoe, Said projecting portions cut away opposite the eyelets.

Signed at Chicago`V county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 16th day of June, 1923.

HENBY F. VATSON. 

